Is this not the cutest soccer player ever?
We have one more soccer game left this season. It is on Halloween. This year has been the best for Jake.
The coaches have so much patience with the kids and the practices are so well organized. Jake is enjoying it and he has really improved this soccer season.
Bob's Aunt Patty and Uncle Mike will be here visiting this coming weekend so they will get to go to his game. I think Jake will enjoy that since we are the only ones who go there to watch him. It will be a nice change.
This week will be very busy. I sub tomorrow and Wednesday. Tuesday is also Jakes' Soccer party where he will get his trophy for the season. Thursday is Jake's class field trip to the May Farm. They are studying all about farms this past month so this will be a nice ending to the unit. Aunt Patty and Uncle Mike also arrive that night. We can not wait to see them. Friday is the Fall Fest party in Jake's class room, I am one of the room mom's so we have been busy planning and preparing for that. Saturday is the soccer game and then of course Halloween.
What a nightmare it has been to get a costume together for Jake. First he was going to be Wall-E. Had the whole costume planned, how to make it and his friend Gracee was going to be Eva. It was going to be super cute. I came up with the idea, Jake never really showed an interest in what he wanted to be, until last week! He informs me he wanted to be a dinosaur, a T-Rex to be exact. Since I had not started on the Wall-E costume and Bob said "This is the first time Jake has ever come up with what he wanted to be, so let him be a dinosaur." We went with it. I was going to make it, but do you know how hard it is to find green sweats? I looked on E-Bay because I was not paying 40 dollars for a costume, and found a cute dinosaur costume for 5 dollars. Ordered it. The lady said it would fit children 4 to 6 so I figured that would be perfect. It arrives and it is a size 4T...no where did she mention that in her E-bay sale. Needless to say, I was not happy and neither was Jake. So we go on a dinosaur hunt around town. No costume. Tell Jake he needs to come up with another idea. First he wants to be a Star Wars character. He has no idea about Star Wars, only knows that Matthew likes it so if he likes he then it must be okay. No, think of something else....Snoopy, Charlie Brown, an Oreo Cookie? No. Finally he decides to be a train conductor...imagine that.
So I go on the hunt for denim overalls. Walmart, Target, JCPenney, Children's Place, Old Navy...no luck. Go to the Tractor Supply store...two pairs, one is a size three and one is a size six. I take the size 6. Cost $20. I am fine with this and happy that I found them. Go up to the register and talk with the cashier...tell him the whole story. He tells me he is going to make my day even better because the overalls are ringing up at $1.99! YES, YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY... one dollar and ninety-nine cents. I told the guy that he made my day and that I was so happy I could kiss him! He laughed and said, "Now how would I explain that one...this lady in line just leaned over and kissed me." HA! I love a good bargain like that. So now Jake's costume is almost ready and he will looks so cute on Halloween!
Well I am off to make my friend Lisa's delicious Potato Soup. Perfect weather for it...a brisk 54 degrees out. Think we might even be able to have a fire in the fire place tonight. I love this weather!
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Can't wait to see Jake in costume. Sounds like the week-end will be busy, but fun. We are so looking forward to it. Not sure I like the sound of a fire in the fireplace. I may need to break out the long johns.....